CHAPTER XIV

First representation of Soulié's _Roméo et Juliette_--Anaïs and Lockroy--Why French actresses cannot act Juliet--The studies of the Conservatoire--A second _Christine_ at the Théâtre-Français--M. Évariste Dumoulin and Madame Valmonzey--Conspiracy against me--I give up my turn to have my play produced--How I found the subject of _Henri III._--My opinion of that play.